
There are tons of college football coaching job vacancies — and a lot of rumors surrounding those positions.
Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian has been a part of some rumors, but he is not going anywhere.
Sarkisian spoke with reporters on Wednesday and said that he is not leaving the Texas Longhorns.
"I'd like to comment on something before I get into our team, something that has been bothering me now over the past few weeks, and that is people reporting or insinuating that there's a possibility I could leave the University of Texas, and that is absolutely false and untrue," Sarkisian said. "I'm not going anywhere.
"I've had no discussions, not with my agent, not with the university, not with any other school, not with any NFL team, about ever going anywhere else," Sarkisian added. "I came here to win championships. I've got two kids enrolled at the University of Texas, one in law school, one on our team. I've got a third that hopefully decides to enroll at the University of Texas next fall. And my wife and I just had our son here in Austin. This is our home. We came here to win championships.
"We've built a damn good football program over the five years that we've been here. We've been to two College Football Playoffs. We won a Big 12 championship. We went to the SEC championship game in year one. We've had 23 players drafted the last two years, which is more than any other school in the country. And our team GPA is at an all-time high. So can we please stop putting things out there that you have absolutely zero evidence on, and then can we please stop retweeting, putting it back out there, as if it's true, as if it's the gospel? It is not true."
Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian responds to ESPN's @DesmondHoward social media post on Monday that stated the coach might leave Austin after the end of the season pic.twitter.com/5GfNrmMJmN
— Anwar Richardson (@AnwarRichardson) November 19, 2025
A report in late October said that Sarkisian was interested in NFL jobs and even pursuing them, though he denied that report. Things turned more recently after the Longhorns’ bad loss to Georgia, when Desmond Howard said that Texas and Sarkisian might look to part ways.
The Longhorns came into the season with enormous expectations, which they have failed to meet. They are 7-3 with losses to Ohio State and Florida, in addition to Georgia. Arch Manning has passed for 2,374 yards, 19 touchdowns and seven interceptions, with six rushing touchdowns.
Sarkisian is in his fifth season at Texas and has made the College Football Playoff two years in a row. He has helped return the Longhorns to the type of prominence they had been seeking since Mack Brown’s departure.
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